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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Very difficult ranking to choose the best songs of all time, but we did it by gathering information from different sources and picked all common songs which were in top 50 and 100 and the result is this unique list.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

What is Power, have you ever thought that who is the one whose decisions may affect all of us in the world and 7 billion people around the world more than the others, if you guess of some people, they command respect and obvious admiration from their supporters across the world:

Please take a look at this amazing list published by Newsweek, which call the most powerful people, The Global Elite:

1- Barack Obama

US President

The presidency of the 'intensely charismatic' 47-year-old Democrat will be judged on how he handles the economic crisis that now envelops the US and the world

2- Hu Jintao

3- Nicholas Sarkozy

French President

Sarkozy is credited with being the driving force behind the Elysee Palace once again becoming the most important address in Europe. During his six-month term as European Union president, Sarkozy faced down the Russians in Georgia and then helped pull together Europe's response to the economic meltdown.

5- Jean-Claude Trichet

6- Masaaki Shirakawa

The trio above (number 4, 5, 6) have been working hard with their compatriots in China, India, Brazil and Mexico to avoid global economic calamity in perilous times like these.

7- Gordon Brown

British Prime Minister

His time as Prime Minister has been of mixed fortune, facing repercussions of the credit crunch, the 10p tax rate row, a costly political battle over 42 day detention and by-election defeats, notably Glasgow East. Despite an initial increase in personal and Labour popularity following his appointment as Leader, Brown has presided over a decline in poll approval ratings, both personally and for the party.During mid-2008 speculation arose of a potential challenge to Brown's leadership.

8- Angela Merkel

German Chancellor

Though Merkel, head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, was forced into awkward compromises on taxes and welfare-state reforms, her 'country looks like a rare island of stability' in troubled times like these.

10- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud

King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdullah also serves as Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia and Commander of the Saudi National Guard. He is Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council, President of the High Council for Petroleum and Minerals, President of the King Abdulaziz Centre for National Dialogue, Chairman of the Council of Civil Service and Head of the Military Service Council.

2- Oracle

Due to its domination of the market for database software and aggressive acquisition strategy, Oracle's revenues and profits have grown rapidly over the past five years. Its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems brings it valuable software, including the Java programming language. But Oracle will have to figure out what to do with Sun's struggling computer business.

3- SAP

Last quarter, the software giant's product revenues plunged 33%, but revenues from services and support helped fill the gap. Adapting to hard times, SAP is pushing smaller and less costly software packages. Its biggest challenge looms in the future: Will it be able to manage an expected shift to cloud computing by companies that now do most of their computing in-house?

4- Inventec

For years, Taiwanese computer manufacturer Inventec operated in the shadow of larger rivals. Now, though, the Taipei-based company is on a roll, thanks to big laptop orders from Hewlett-Packard. The stock price has soared 125% so far this year and hit a 52-week high on May 19.

5- IBM

Year after year, Big Blue seems to defy gravity. Right now, its software and services businesses are propping up a struggling computer hardware business. Acquisitions are a help. Also, the company is pushing a "smarter planet" strategy—providing the technology and expertise that companies and governments need to improve the effectiveness and productivity of their operations.

6- Bharti Airtel

India's largest cell-phone company is the world's third largest. Adding 3 million new customers a month in a very competitive market with the globe's cheapest call rates, Airtel has kept ahead of the crowd by pampering high-value customers with offerings like the iPhone and soon-to-be-rolled-out 3G networks. It crossed 100 million customers in May, and Chairman Sunil Mittal plans to double that number in as little as three years.

7- Quanta Computer

Quanta has long been the world's top manufacturer of laptop computers. Like other Taiwanese manufacturers, Quanta has received a much-needed lift from netbooks, the new mini-laptops. Analysts expect the company to score another win with the launch later this year of slim new laptops by Acer and other customers using Intel's CULV (consumer ultra low voltage) platform.

8- Wistron

Wistron is another Taiwanese manufacturer riding the netbook boom, with the stock price almost doubling since the start of the year. The company, formerly the production arm of Acer until the PC maker spun it off in 2001, generated 80% of its sales from laptops last year. It also makes TVs and LCD monitors.

9- Tencent Holdings

Shenzhen-based Tencent is China's biggest Internet-chatting company. With more than 400 million Chinese youth using its QQ instant-messaging service (QQ is the name of Tencent's mascot, a cuddly penguin), it also has expanded into online games. Those moves have helped drive its Hong Kong-listed stock up 22% over the last year. In the first quarter of 2009, its net income beat analyst expectations, growing 95% to $152 million.

10- Acer

The popularity of netbooks has lifted Acer into a tight race with Dell for the No. 2 slot in the global PC market, behind Hewlett-Packard. The Taipei-based company, known for its bargain-basement prices, is pushing a multibrand strategy in the U.S. with its Acer, Gateway, and eMachines brands. Acer reported a 31% drop in earnings for the first three months of the year, to $60 million, but analysts are hopeful about its new laptops, which are lighter and more energy-efficient than slim machines of many rivals.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

You may have heard lots of information about richest people in the world or most expensive houses or most expensive cars, but where do these richest live, where are their sweet homes located or while coming out their car park, which streets do they drive through, Yes, here is the list of Most Expensive Streets in the world conducted by Wealth-Bulletin:

1- Avenue Princess Grace, Monaco

$190,000 per sq/m

Named after the iconic Hollywood star Grace Kelly, who was married to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, the palmed-lined Avenue Princess Grace is the world’s most expensive street.

Currently, a 213 square metre four-bedroom apartment is on the market priced at $41m – or a staggering 190,000 per square metre.

2- Severn Road, Hong Kong

$121,000 sq/m

Hong Kong’s Severn Road is located in the city’s most exclusive district, The Peak, at the top of Hong Kong Island. Residential property on Severn Road, named after a British colonial administrator, commands some of the most spectacular urban views in the world, overlooking the city’s skyscrapers and across Hong Kong harbour to Kowloon.

3- Fifth Avenue, New York City, USA

Some apartments are likely to sell for as much as $60m at exclusive addresses like Plaza Apartments, linked to the famous Plaza Hotel, and 834 Fifth Avenue, where the press baron Rupert Murdoch bought an apartment for $44m in 2005.

4- Kensington Palace Gardens, London, UK

$77,000 per sq/m

The rich in London might be feeling the cold breeze of the credit crunch and faltering property prices, but the super rich in the capital are still paying out-of-this world prices for the most expensive houses in town.

It’s estimated that you would need around $200m to buy one of the smartest Victorian mansions on KPG, as estate agents call it. Estate agents believe the 5,100 square metre virtual stately home in central London would go for at least £200m ($396m) in the current market.

Lakshmi Mittal, the billionaire steel magnate, owns two houses on KPG which the Russian and Israeli embassies are at either end of the street. He bought his first house there and paid £57m for the 18 bedroom mansion.

5- Avenue Montaigne, Paris, France

$54,000 per sq/m

Avenue Montaigne, in Paris’ 8th arrondisement and near the Champs-Elysees has some of the most exclusive shops in the city.

7- Via Suvretta, St Moritz, Switzerland

Many prominent billionaires have holiday homes on the Via Suvretta, including Lakshmi Mittal and the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Other residents include Luca Bassani owner of Wally Yachts, which makes some of the most expensive super yachts in the world.

8- Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, USA

$30,000 per sq/m

Carolwood Drive in Beverly Hills has some of the most sumptuous residential properties in America, including Fleur de Lys, a 45,000 square metre mansion modeled after Versailles and is currently on the market for $125m.

Fleur de Lys, owned by Suzanne Saperstein, the former wife of billionaire David Saperstein, has a ballroom with ceiling frescoes, a pool house with kitchen, massage room and gym, a three-bedroom manager’s house, staff quarters for 10, a nine-car garage, and a jogging track.

9- Wolseley Road, Sydney, Australia

$28,000 per sq/m

Wolseley Road in Point Piper has enjoyed a long-standing reputation for being the country’s ultimate address. Properties on the road have some of the best harbour views of any city in the world, with stunning scenery across to the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.

And Surprisingly:

10 -Altamount Road, Mumbai, India

The street was catapulted into the ranks of the world’s most expensive when India’s wealthiest individual Mukesh Ambani unveiled plans last year to build a residential apartment block on the street at a cost of around $1bn. The extraordinary 27 floor building, called Antilia, will be as high as a normal 60 floor skyscraper, have elevated gardens and three helicopter pads.

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